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#ifndef ADDRESSSERVER_H
#define ADDRESSSERVER_H


#include "messageHandler.h"
#include "submodelManager.h"
/** 
* @brief Defines methods common to all AdressServers 
* regarless of the distributed object paradigm in use.
*/
class AddressServer
{
public:
/**
 * Returns the amount of registered SM Managers
 * @return 
 */
virtual int nrSms()=0;

/**
 * Returns the remote reference of the SM Manager with the given ID
 * @param id 
 * @return 
 */
virtual int lookupSm(int id)=0;

/**
 * Returns the remote reference of the Message handler for the logical process with the given ID
 * @param id 
 * @return 
 */
virtual int lookupMh(int id)=0;

/**
 * Register a submodel manager with the address server
 * @param id 
 * @param sm 
 */
virtual void registerSm(int id, SubModelManager* sm)=0;

/**
 * Reigster a MessageHandler with the adress Server.
 * @param id 
 * @param mh 
 */
virtual void registerMh(int id, MessageHandler* mh)=0;

};



#endif